Health advisories in news media urge citizens to empty collected water from old tires during the monsoon.…

Health advisories in news media urge citizens to empty collected water from old tires during the monsoon. How does this control Dengue?
  1. Dengue viruses grow directly in clean standing water
  2. Aedes mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant clean water
  3. Standing water releases poisonous Dengue gas
  4. Mosquitoes cannot fly over dry surfaces

Solution

The Aedes mosquito, which transmits Dengue virus, breeds in stagnant clean water stored in open containers like discarded tires.

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